Tom Royce
Travel News for August 22nd, 2026
Norway’s ATC strike is getting worse. Still 12 controllers out; eight more join Tuesday. SAS cancelled 14 flights today. Sunday is the hard day: Oslo Gardermoen is set to close 6:30–11:30am, with knock-ons nationwide. If there’s no deal by midweek, Avinor is warning of overnight closures into Thursday, including Tromsø. Avinor A Manhattan judge voided … Read more
Silk Threads and River Light in Lyon
The Croix-Rousse hill climbs sharply above the Saône, its streets still marked by the tall windows and high ceilings built for the silk looms. Most visitors head straight for Vieux Lyon or the Presqu’île, but the real character of Lyon lingers in this northern quarter. The morning I arrived, the Boulevard de la Croix-Rousse was … Read more
Cathedral Light From the Grand Jard Footbridge in Châlons-en-Champagne
Skip the Champagne house gates for your first look at Châlons-en-Champagne. Walk the long green of the Grand Jard until the path hits water, then step onto the footbridge that links the Grand Jard to the Jard Anglais. Behind you: plane trees and a bandstand. Ahead, the canal cuts a clean line and the towers … Read more
Twin Towers of the Porte Chaussée on the Meuse in Verdun
I stopped first at the Porte Chaussée, not at a memorial parking lot. Two round stone towers sit in ordinary traffic, straddling the old road that once crossed the Meuse into the walled town. Cars slide under the arch. A cyclist rings through. The river moves slow and greenish under the bridge, and for a … Read more
Duck, North Carolina: The Peaceful Outer Banks Getaway
Duck sits on a narrow ribbon of land where the Currituck Sound meets the Atlantic, and the first thing you notice is how little it asks of you. No neon, no towering hotels blocking the horizon, just low roofs, sea grass, and the steady sound of wind through the dunes. It’s the kind of place … Read more